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[i]The streaming era is so packed with star vehicles and series adapting popular IP that it's easy for an original show with an interesting premise that's executed at a high level to get lost in the shuffle. Let that not be the case with "For All Mankind." The second season of Apple's unheralded sci-fi epic — set in an alternate history where the Russians put the first man on the moon and the Cold War turned into a never-ending space race — delivered the year's best, most assured, most intensely satisfying stretch of TV. As the action moved into the early Eighties and focused on tension between rival lunar bases, "For All Mankind" did what so many modern serialized dramas aspire to but rarely achieve: It told a collection of seemingly disparate stories that built in suspense and emotional resonance over the course of the season, until everything came together in a thrilling, beautiful conclusion — in this case, one that saw three simultaneous missions decide the fate of two worlds. If the sight of duct tape does not yet cause you to instantly choke up, then you have a spectacular binge ahead of you.[/i]
[i]Apple's alternate history of the space race, which posits what might have happened had the Soviet Union beaten the U.S. to the moon and the competition for the final frontier never ended, was a smart, appealing series in its first season. In this year's second season, however, it rocketed ahead to a possible spot on a list of TV's all-time great dramas. That's thanks to a sprawling, effortlessly talented cast led by Joel Kinnaman, a plausible alternate reality, superb writing and riveting action set pieces. The series is at its best in the second-season finale, involving a U.S.-Soviet standoff in space with the stakes of the Cuban missile crisis. "Mankind" asks big questions and doesn't shy away from the worst tendencies of 20th-century America, all without careening into pedantic and patronizing territory. "Mankind" truly flies.[/i]
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